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Favorite Teachers: Mountain View students celebrate theater teacher for inclusive, transformative teaching
Camilla Boylan has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Velma V. Morrison Performing Arts Educator of the Year Award.
Lawyering up: U of I racks up nearly $200,000 in unexplained legal bills
The invoices are heavily redacted. But it appears that much of Hawley Troxell’s work stems from the U of I’s controversial bid to buy the University of Phoenix.
A tale of two school districts: the difference money makes in education
Neighboring districts can have vastly different budgets, and student achievement outcomes.
Document pokes a hole in U of I’s Phoenix timeline
The University of Idaho has said it began looking at a University of Phoenix purchase in March, when the for-profit online giant “approached” U of I officials. But that timetable is inaccurate and incomplete.
Analysis: What we know about the Phoenix sweepstakes, despite the U of I’s silence
The University of Idaho wasn’t the only bidder for the University of Phoenix, a for-profit online giant. That is clear. The rest of the story is more complicated.
West Bonner may be able to pay for extracurricular activities
The county has two payments to make from a 2021 supplemental levy.
40 West Ada teachers attend dyslexia summer school training
Idaho’s largest district aims to raise literacy rates via phonemic pedagogy training.
McCall-Donnelly spearheads solutions to workforce struggles
The district is creating a community daycare center and an employee housing complex to fill severe needs.
State Board wants a judge to toss Labrador lawsuit
The July 18 court motion continues a legal battle between the elected head of the state’s law firm and a powerful education policymaking body made up largely of gubernatorial appointments.
West Bonner wants error corrected before submitting Durst’s application
The state and district don’t agree on how to interpret an Idaho code that governs the superintendent certificate process.